I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldnt you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you? ( Mathew 18:32-33) Sometimes I forget to thank The Lord for the depth and breadth of His forgiveness in my life. Once I was an enemy of God, now I His servant and friend. Once I was a child of the devil, now I am set free by the truth-Jesus Christ. The deeper my well of forgiveness the larger my capacity to draw waters of forgiveness facilitates my forgiving others. Jesus illustrates the connection between gratitude and forgiveness by telling the story of one man who never grasped the vast degree of Gods forgiveness. Maybe he felt entitled not to share something as special as the Lords mercy and grave. He misjudged Gods judgement when this unforgiven man became judge over his servant who was in need of lesser grace. Instead of showing mercy that was modeled by his master, he withheld what was so freely given to him. The unmerciful man took Gods mercy for granted. Gratitude could have facilitated his forgiveness. Praise The Lord! Oh, give thanks to The Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. (Psalm 106:1). What blessings come to mind when you contemplate Christs goodness? How deep and wide is the magnitude of Gods grace and mercy in your life? Thank god for His patience, ask Him to grow your soul with His generous mercy. Pride resists reaching out to a relationship that hurt its heart, but humility finds a way not to stand in the way of the Spirits work. Anyone can ignore someone who ignores them, but thankfulness initiates an interest in what interests the estranged. Meet them where they are comfortable and listen to their issues. Gratitude facilitates forgiveness. Our mortal mind is limited in its understanding if eternal love and our faith easily forgets how foreign our heavenly Fathers forgiveness was to us. Thankfulness, like a rudder on a boat, keeps us moving toward a growing heart of forgiveness. When gratitude to our Savior Jesus grips our heart, we cant help but extend mercy and grace to a graceless face. Remember how far your Heavenly Father has brought you an you will go further in your forgiveness. Be a facilitator not to disrupters of forgiveness. Express your genuine gratitude to God by your generous forgiveness. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God (2Corinthians 4:15)
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